This is very funny. And I’d like to put in a request that the next installment includes Victor Korchnoi, Jon Speelman, Gary Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen.

There were three leaders coming into round 6 of Dortmund, with three players half a point back, and the same is true on the back side of the round as well. The identities of the occupants of those slots has changed slightly, however, as Ruslan Ponomariov was upset by tournament tailender Mateusz Bartel (and with White!) while Arkadij Naiditsch won quickly with Black against Jan Gustafsson. On...

On this blog we've been keeping half an eye on the ACP Golden Classic in Amsterdam, the high-level unrated event that has brought back two "old-fashioned" practices: the 40/150 time control and adjournments. In the first three rounds there weren't any adjournments to speak of - the results were all evident and the games decided without resumption. In both rounds 4 and 5, however, only one of...

Anish Giri leads the Dutch Championship 2012 with a very impressive 4.5/5. After being held in Round 3 by Dmitri Reinderman whose Sicilian worked out very well Giri took apart Erwin L'Ami in just 32 moves. Giri got the two bishops and a small edge and then L'Ami really went wrong and his position collapsed very quickly. L'Ami had moved into 2nd place with a win against Sipke Ernst in Round 4...

Anish Giri leads the Dutch Championship 2012 with a very impressive 4.5/5. After being held in Round 3 by Dmitri Reinderman whose Sicilian worked out very well Giri took apart Erwin L'Ami in just 32 moves. Giri got the two bishops and a small edge and then L'Ami really went wrong and his position collapsed very quickly. L'Ami had moved into 2nd place with a win against Sipke Ernst in Round 4...

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix takes place in Simpson’s-in-the-Strand in London 20th September and 3rd October 2012. Players: Sergey Karjakin (2779), Hikaru Nakamura (2778), Alexander Grischuk (2763), Veselin Topalov (2752), Hao Wang (2739), Boris Gelfand (2738), Peter Leko (2730), Ruslan Ponomariov (2726), Shakriyar Mamedyarov (2726), Leinier Dominguez Perez (2725), Anish Giri (2696) and...

The Danish GM Jacob Aagaard added the Scottish title to the British title he won in 2007 as he finished in a five way tie for first on 7/9 at the Scottish Open recently concluded at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. This was the fifth year the tournament has been run as an international open and there were ten GMs and thirteen IMs in a 139 player field.

The Danish GM Jacob Aagaard added the Scottish title to the British title he won in 2007 as he finished in a five way tie for first on 7/9 at the Scottish Open recently concluded at the Trades Hall in Glasgow. This was the fifth year the tournament has been run as an international open and there were ten GMs and thirteen IMs in a 139 player field.

Ο Ιρλανδός δημοσιογράφος Vincent Browne με ερώτησή του στον τραπεζίτη της ΕΚΤ Klaus Masuch, δείχνει με σαφή τρόπο τον πραγματικό ρόλο που παίζει η Τρόικα. Μακάρι να υπήρχαν και στην χώρα μας δημοσιογράφοι τέτοιου ήθους.Ακολουθεί...

Anastasiya Karlovich: You’ve been playing in Turkish league for so many years. In 2004 you were a member of Eczacibasi club which won the Turkish League three times and today you play on the first board of “Besiktas”. Can you please compare the Turkish League in the past and nowadays? Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: In the beginning [...]

Την Κυριακή 22 Ιουλίου αρχίζει το σκακιστικό φεστιβάλ της ελβετικής πόλης Μπιλ με το τουρνουά μπλιτς, ενώ τη Δευτέρα 23 Ιουλίου ξεκινούν οι αγώνες της κύριας εκδήλωσης, του τουρνουά των σούπερ GM.  Οι διοργανωτές...

This story about losing badly has prompted me to write a few words about grace in defeat. It’s actually a very important quality for winners to cultivate because you are taking responsibility for your loss rather than generating anger at external factors, for example one’s dastardly opponent. Of course many people lose disgracefully, especially on [...]

After nine rounds of the Turkish Isbank Chess League the team of İstanbul Beşiktaş Jimnastik Club remains in the lead with seventeen points. Two rounds were played on 18th of July. The toughest match in the 8th round happened between the leader Beşiktaş Jimnastik Club and the chasing team of Istanbul Teknik University Sport Club. [...]

Τα μέσα μαζικής ενημέρωσης παίζουν πολύ σημαντικό ρόλο στην διάδοση και την ανάπτυξη του σκακιού. Έτσι λοιπόν είναι μεγάλη μας χαρά να βλέπουμε όλο και περισσότερες εφημερίδες να γράφουν σκακιστική στήλη! Λόγος...

The 4th International Tournament “Artemis Cup” Leros 2012 was held on 11-18th July at the Convention Center Crithoni’s Paradise Hotel, on island Leros, Greece. The tournament was managed by the Municipality of Leros, E.S.TH.(Union Of Chess Players Of Thessaloniki), Educational and Cultural Youth Club “Artemis”. The tournament was arranged in two Groups: A for players...